Maybe we should buy a Wii together and share custody. I got a Xmas gift last year of a Wii game .... Soulcaliber, IIRC.

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MarkDaSpark

HitAnyKey42 wrote:And now everyone needs to send a congrats over to Cesare, since he just won a trip to Hawaii. Hey C, if you can't get time off to go, let me know and I'll take that trip off your hands.

Just a bit late to the party dude!!

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cheron98

I'm there til Sunday. Why on earth would I head back on a Friday? Silly Sparky.

Planning on San Diego on Thursday, so if the group in that area would like to do dinner, that'd be cool. I get in to Newport Beach pretty early on Wednesday, I haven't decided if I want to go through the hassle of cancelling the hotel for that night and just go directly down to SD and stay the one night there.

Because for some reason I can't view my res online anymore. Possibly because my club member status went up a level since making the reservation. So. Yeah.

cheron98

javadrinker wrote:Might be too soon to get one going since we just had one last week and it was a very small one (just 5 of us). Plus the MW clan I believe is pretty much tied up all October. We can possibly have something small at my house in Orange County but it might be hard for the SD crowd to come up on such short notice (plus I'd only have a couple of days to clean after my return from Vegas).

polarbear22

Cesare - Congrats. Kauai was our favorite island. There about 14 years ago now. Long way to travel, but what a great area. Not too touristy and just beautiful. We stayed up on the north end of the island, at the Sheraton Princeville, near Hanalai bay of Puff the Magic Dragon fame.

darlenee1

polarbear22 wrote:Me too. First book, I am reading the beginning, and all of sudden -- "He's at Midway at University and Snelling." His stories are set in my first stomping grounds.

I am also a Vince Flynn fan. Good stories, and he graduated from my college.

Have not read Flynn. I'll have to check him out. However, I am currently up to my ears in books for school, so should probably;y put recreational reading on hold. The books for my lit class are all pretty easy reads thus far, which is a plus!

MarkDaSpark

otolith wrote:Anything of interest while I was gone? I think my head's going to asplode with all the info I just packed into it.

No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marry' Humperdinck in a little less than half an hour. So all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape... after I kill Count Rugen.

Basically, Wine.woot has gone to 3x a week now, labrats only on Monday offer. Current new (Wednesday) offer is up now til Friday. Monday offer is now available all week, but after Wednesday, is on a separate page (see the sidebar).

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Edit: Funny part is that the dancing banana, carrot, & pepper are all in time with it.

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Thanks. Although it looks like the banana is on speed and off key from the rest .....

And no updates from J-Dub or Bowtie this morning? Are they in mourning from baseball?

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otolith wrote:Ohhhhhh, one more purchase and I'm back in black....better make it a good one.

Gee, whatever could you get? Perhaps the new offer tonight?

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polarbear22

Also, we opened our last bottle of Humbug last night. Really enjoyed it. I suspect it is near peak, as it does not taste much different from the penultimate bottle six months ago. But it has not started to decline.

Sad to see the last one go. But the only way I wouldn't be sad is if I kept the last one too long and it was no longer good.

Cesare

polarbear22 wrote:Looking for suggestions. We are having roast duck with orange sauce (duck a la orange) tomorrow night. Anyone with recommendations for a wine pairing?

I am thinking that a Cabernet or Cab based blend would be good, but not sure if there are better matches.

Mainly looking for some direction on varietal, but this is our anniversary, so anything in the cellar is fair game for anyone that wants to browse.

Yeah cab is completely wrong for this. Old world type pinot is the only way to go.

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MarkDaSpark

HitAnyKey42 wrote:So do you have any insider info that you know tonight is going to be a "good one"?

Sure. Don't you know that WD consults with me on every wine offer?

No, but it will probably be good, as long as it's not a refurb

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Lighter

That duck combo is probably better served with Riesling (Johannesburg Riesling if its a Cali) or Gewurztraminer. Both dry and sharp at cutting through the fat. Both fruity enough to bring out the orange. Both perfumey enough to take off that bit of blood smell that is common to duck. The Gewurztraminer is more Euro as a pairing. A bit heavier than a NY state dry Riesling.

polarbear22

That duck combo is probably better served with Riesling (Johannesburg Riesling if its a Cali) or Gewurztraminer. Both dry and sharp at cutting through the fat. Both fruity enough to bring out the orange. Both perfumey enough to take off that bit of blood smell that is common to duck. The Gewurztraminer is more Euro as a pairing. A bit heavier than a NY state dry Riesling.

Thanks to all for the comments.

I did one search that recommended a Bordeaux with roast duck, so went with the old world, but not the Burgundy (Pinot) that you are recommending for red. Duck with fruit, they recommend Viognier, Gewurtz or Pinot.

So I may have to wait and make a call based on how it smells. Lighter gaves me some guidelines that I can apply.

polarbear22

Yeah, as others have said, PN sounds like a good match (not that I've had much duck in my life). Maybe open your Buena Vista Ramal PN so you can tell me how it's doing. I loved that PN.

THanks. This is my second Buena Vista. I found this in FL when I was there in August and made my daughter drive it back. I loved that Pinot as well. I found a place in MA that carries Buena Vista, but only the lower price line. I keep suggesting that they get the Ramal Vineyard.

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HitAnyKey42

So tonight was quite yummy. I wanted to cook up the Kielbasa I bought the other day, so cooked that up with onion, sweet green pepper (from my dad's garden), red pepper, & mushrooms over egg noodles. Paired it with a fabulous '04 Wellington Zin and with some P'Tit Basque cheese...both before and after dinner.
The P'Tit is a great pairing with Peter's Zin, even though 'they' recommend Bordeaux with it. I is a happy Eric tonight. MmmMMmmMMMmM!!!!!

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bhodilee

Well see, first there was Sunday, but that ended, and along came Monday, and thankfully that didn't take too long. Tuesday roared in like the wind over the frozen tundra (I can vouch for this as I was out in it the whole damn day). Wednesday decided to be a little nicer than Tuesday (mainly cause I was office bound). Then Thursday decided it hated me and was cold and rainy. I decided Thursday could go fire Rocket Number 9 itself, and in 45 minutes I will bid it adieu, which leads us to......FRIDAY.

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tommythecat78

bhodilee wrote:Well see, first there was Sunday, but that ended, and along came Monday, and thankfully that didn't take too long. Tuesday roared in like the wind over the frozen tundra (I can vouch for this as I was out in it the whole damn day). Wednesday decided to be a little nicer than Tuesday (mainly cause I was office bound). Then Thursday decided it hated me and was cold and rainy. I decided Thursday could go fire Rocket Number 9 itself, and in 45 minutes I will bid it adieu, which leads us to......FRIDAY.

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